Magazine-revolver.



PATENTED FEB. 19,1903.

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A. MUELLER. MAGAZINE REVOLVER. APPLIGATIOJQT FILED MAR. 13, 1907.

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A; MUELLER.

MAGAZINE REVOLVER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 18, 1907.

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1 {the following is a complete specification.

AUGUST M OELLE it, Oh 0.11 .lO-AG O, l LLIN OIS'.

MAGAZINE-REVOLVER.

' To all 'ILII-O'Hl- '1' I. my comer-n.

flie it known that l, Aueus'r MOELLER, a citizen of the United, States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Magazille-Revolvers, of which Thisv invention relates'to improvements in Y "magazine-revolvers and more particularly to I atofiperate the magazine. v

.a'revolv'er inwhich the exitof the ballacts retofore it has been usual'to'soconstruct [revolvers that the magazine is operated by the action of the trigger. and revolves on an axis parallel .with the-axis of the barrel.

This construction necessitates the making of.

' themagazine 'comparativelysmall and ,con-

sequent y the nu erof shots capablegof being fired fwithoutreloading'has been com arativelylimited. Furthermore it has. not Ee'en usujal heretofore to provide revolvers with bayonets and knives to be used when ,occasion requires., Theobjectof tlllS inventlon is to prov de a revolver in which the magazine rotates on "an axisatright angles to the barrel and 'is spring-impelled, therebyv insurim a positive. action and, "greatlyincreasing the capacity .tf. the "device.

It fiirther object of the invention to provide, al revolver in-which the magazine is released by'the passage of the ball through the barrel and is rotated byits spring into --4a-- heinvention'conslsts 'inafter d escribed in the s ecification and more fullypointed out and P ion tofire the nextshot vide' .a revolver in .which' the magazine may vIt is alsoan object ofthe invention to probe loaded-at the side instead of at the rear end, thereby avoiding the necessity of breakdown the'barrel.

of the matters hereefined in the appended claunsi I I' In the drawings: Figure. 1 is a side elevamentary sectionta lren on line B 1.. Fig.v 5 is aside elevation of the barrel tionof the device embodying my invention. 2 is an enlarged section taken on line A,A of Fig. 1'. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the magazine. Fi 4 is an enlar ed, fragof Fig;

with the bayonet removed and the knife extended. --Fig. 6 is aside elevation of the lid. fo r the magazinechamber. Fig. 7 is-a fragmentary rear elevation-0f the revolver, and Fig. 8 is a detail of thebayonet lock.

I As shown in said drawings: 1 indicates Specification of Letters Patent.

Application lilml March 18. 1907. Serial No. 362.831-

The trap per si .sleeve into the ma Patented Feb. 18, 1908.

the'stock which is engaged in any referred manner to the lower rear side of t e maga zinechamber, indicated as a whole by 2 and which as shown comprises a side wall 2 havforwardly and downwardly therefrom and to which is hinged, to swing upwardly, a lid 2 iorming the opposite side wall and afiording access to' the magazine. chamber. Said lid is held in closed osition by a'spring clasp 2 which is engage' on the side wall 2 and hooks over the lid as shown in Fi s. 1 and 7 L plate as shownis grooved on its u eand provided withsights 2 Tl ie side wall 2 is provided with a'chamber 2 ing an integral top plate 2 whichextends at the center of which is a sleeve 2 which )rojects from the side wall of the chamber.

inwardly to'the magazine chamber. 1 A stud shaft 2 has threaded engagement in the wall and projects inwardly through said azine chamber and journaled thereon is the magazine 3. Said magazine comprises a wheel having a rim 3', on the side of which adjacent the wall 2 are the spokes 3 which unite at the axis to form a bearing. Said riinmay be fiat on its outer periphery if desired, butas shown, it is pro vided witha plurality of radial rojections' 3? "through each of which opens a ore 3 to receive the cartridges 4'which fit closely therein. A coiled spring 5 is contained in the chamber 2 and is secured at one end to one of the spokes 3 by means of a pin 5 and at 1 the other end is secured to the sleeve 2? and actsto rotate the magazine.

The barrel 6 is provided at its rear end, on'

' the under side thereof with a ertured lugs or ears 6 by means of which it is hinged to the 'front side of the ma azine witha pintle 6 passing through said lugs and through a similar lug on said chamber;

I An arm 63curved, concentrically with the magazine, extends upwardly and rearwardly from said barrel into close contact with the plate 2 A leaf sprin 6 is secured at one end to the arm 6 an at the other end is provided with a catch 6 which is adapted to en age in a suitable notch in said plate and ho d the barrel in operative position.- I

For the purpose of locking the magazine in position for the bores therein to register wit the bore of the barrel a sprin detent 7L is attached at its forward end to the side of the barrel andextends rearwardly beyond the same and is adapted to engage a shoulder 3 'f0rmed in the side of each projection 3",

- said recess.

and acts to permit the magazine to rotate freely in one direction butprevents it from rotating in the otherdirection until said detent 1s released from the shoulder which it engages. Said detent7 is provided intermediate its ends with a lug 7 which projects throu h an aperture in the side of the barrel into 't e bore. Said lug is rounded on its innerendand is adapted to be enga ed by the ball 4 during its exit, thereby 'orcing the spring detent outwardly and releasing the magazine and permitting it to rotate to bring the next bore thereof into alinement with the bore of the barrel.

A hammer 9 is pivoted on a bolt 9 engaged on thelower part of the wall 2 and extends u wardly between the magazine and the ii and is curved inwardly and forwardly into position to engage the cartridges as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. A trigger 9 is pivotally su ported beneath the hammer on abolt 9 in t e bottom of the Wall 2 and engages the same in the ordinary manner and a spring 9 is engaged at'the rear of the mztgazine chamber by means of a bolt 9 an .acts to hold both the trigger and the hammer in normal position.

The'arm 6 is provided with a forwardly directed portion 6 affording a recess between the same and the barrel and a bayonet 10 is provided with'a projection 10 which fits in On each side of the bayonet'is a leafs ring 10 which is engaged at one end to said ayonet by means of a screw and at the other end is rovided with acatch 10 which together wit the end of the spring normally seats in a suitable recess 10 in the side of the projection onthe arm 6 Each of said springs 10 is rovided with a knob 10 by means of whic the catches may be withdrawn from the notches in the projection of the arm 6 to detach the bayonet.

If preferred, and as shown,'a knife blade 11 may be ivoted to lugs 11 beneath the forward en of the barrel and a spring 11 is engaged beneath the barrel and extends between the pivoted end of the blade and the barrel and is provided on its forward end with a lug 11 adapted, when the blade is ex tended, to engagein a coinplemental notch in the blade and hold the blade in such position. I

The operation is as follows: WVhen it is desired to load the magazine, the lid 2 is raised and the cartridges inserted in the bores 3 When filled the magazine is 1'0- tated to wind up the spring 5. The magazine is prevented from rotating in the reverse direction by the spring detent 7 engaging beneath the shoulders 3 When the revolver is dischar ed, the ball in passing through the barred engages the lug 7 and forces the spring detent 7 outwardly, thereby releasing the magazine which is immediately rotated past the end of the barrel a sufficient .the magazine is brought into alinement with ,the barrel, the spring detent 7 has returned to its normal position and by engaging the next shoulder, stops the magazine in proper position.

The bayonet may be quickly attached. or

detached when desired and the knife blade may be opened, as shown in Fig. 5, to permit it to be used whenever its use may be re quired.

If preferred, and as shown, in dotted. lines in Fig. 1, the revolver may be attached to a gun barrel 12, in any desired manner, in which case it may not only be fired as before described but the bayonet may be used to good advantage with the gun.

Obviously the magazine may be made of any desired size and many details of construction may be varied without departing'from the principles of my invention.

I claim as my invention:

1. In a device of the class described the combination with a magazine chamber of a combination with a magazine chamber, of a barrel hinged thereto, a spring operated magazine in said chamber, a spring detent adapted to hold thdmagazine in operative position and means thereon projectin through the side of the barrel and adapte to be acted on by the bullet in its passage through the barrel to release the detent from the magazine.

3. In a device of the class described the combination with a magazine chamber, of a barrel connected therewith, a magazine ournaled in said chamber at right angles to said barrel and provided with a plurality of shoulders thereon, a coiled spring adapted to propel said magazine, a spring detent engaged at one end on the barrel and adapted to engage said shoulders at its other end, and a lug on said detent extending through the side of the barrel into its bore.

4. Ina revolver the combination with a magazine chamber of a barrel thereon, a magazine j ournaled in said chamber at right angles to the barrel, a coiled spring connected therewith and with the wall of the chamber, a plurality of shoulders on said magazine, a spring detent carried on the barrel and adapted to engage said shoulders and hold the magazine from rotation, and a lug on said detent projecting into the side of the barrel and adapted to be forced outwardly by the exit of the ball.

5. In a device of the class described the combination with amag'azine chamber of a in operative-position, magazine rotatii ely barrel hinged thereto, a ma azine journaled engaged in said-chamber and having a plu 1'5 insaid chamber and provide with a plurality rality of bores opening through the periphery of radial. bores thereln, means for locking the thereof, means for locking the magazine'from 5 magazine from" rotation in one direction and rotation and means projecting into the barrel a lug extending'into the bore of the barrel and adapted to release the magazine.

adapted to release said locking means. Intestimony whereof Ii'have hereunto: 201;

, combination Witha magazine chamber hav-- witnesses. l 1

in a lid hinged on one side thereof, of a bars AUGUST fMOELLER. i

., re hinged to said chamber, aspring catch on Witnesses: Y

= said barrel. adapted to engage in annotch in- Mrs. :AUGUST MOELLER,"

6. In a device of the class described thesubscribed my name in the presence oi two v Ithe't op of the-'chamberandhold'the barrel V PRAZSKY. 

